This is one problem where politicians want to stick their heads into something they do not know much about....

Most people would just hire experts (like IT experts or Finance experts or speakers or speech writers) to do the "ground work" instead of tackling the issues themselves. Thats the difference between a good leader and a leader. We cannot expect people to be "master of all trades" especially in aspects of cyber-world and cyber-security.

I would rather hear from retired CEOs of tech firms or even any "tech experts" rather than politicians if given the choice.

There should be some basic questions to at least gauge the "proficiency" of the speakers....like "in your words"

What would she have to offer at a cybersecurity conference? Has she worked in IT in the past?

*Puts it back on*

Exactly. Maybe she would talk about how to break protocol if you do not like the things your employer gives you for work. No disrespect to anyone, but try hosting your own email server to use instead of the email account your employer gives you and see how well that goes over. Although the more things I hear, it appears the government has no set of IT standards at all with more and more people using their personal email accounts to conduct business on behalf of our country. It is nice to know my company (small privately owned) has to adhere to a set of standards when conducting business, like encrypted company email and storing/archiving email for so many years and what not, and my budget is no where what the government has. I will get off my soapbox, but she is the last person I would want or listen to when it comes to IT.